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Merge pull request #12624 from KAction/store-path-doc

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Improve the documentation of the store path protocol
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@ -20,9 +20,12 @@ where
- `store-dir` = the [store directory](@docroot@/store/store-path.md#store-directory)
- `digest` = base-32 representation of the first 160 bits of a [SHA-256] hash of `fingerprint`
- `digest` = base-32 representation of the compressed to 160 bits [SHA-256] hash of `fingerprint`
This the hash part of the store name
For the definition of the hash compression algorithm, please refer to the section 5.1 of
the [Nix thesis](https://edolstra.github.io/pubs/phd-thesis.pdf), which also defines the
specifics of base-32 encoding. Note that base-32 encoding processes the hash bytestring from
the end, while base-16 processes in from the beginning.
## Fingerprint
@ -70,7 +73,8 @@ where
`id` is the name of the output (usually, "out").
For content-addressed store objects, `id`, is always "out".
- `inner-digest` = base-16 representation of a SHA-256 hash of `inner-fingerprint`
- `inner-digest` = base-16 representation of a SHA-256 hash of `inner-fingerprint`.
The base-16 encoding uses lower-cased hex digits.
## Inner fingerprint
@ -82,7 +86,7 @@ where
- if `type` = `"source:" ...`:
the hash of the [Nix Archive (NAR)] serialization of the [file system object](@docroot@/store/file-system-object.md) of the store object.
the [Nix Archive (NAR)] serialization of the [file system object](@docroot@/store/file-system-object.md) of the store object.
- if `type` = `"output:" id`: